5 x Priests for PVP

[dancook]

I've not played a priest in years! so a lot of things have changed.

I currently have 5 priests @ level 7

For PVP I originally thought 5 x Shadow - but then considered whether I should have 1 disc, I'm not fully aware of what that brings to the party, but thought if anyone has any advice about them I can start this method of play style early.

[Mokoi]

hmm PvP? I would spec one Holy, and then 4x Frost... oh no wait, thats DKs and a Pally.

Priests? I would spec them.. well i have no clue, they don't work (i have tried) 5x shadow and 5x holy is pretty beast in large scale PvP, though, and you can really help your team out a LOT with any of those specs, and even disc, with a random target shield macro, i guess. but holy for the circle of healing and Prayer is probably superior. with a LOT of gear, shadow would be pretty ballin, but getting it will be.. hard.

fun though, and this is from someone who plays Arcane mages in PvP.. which is even dumber than priests! but FUN as hell (I do have 10 though.. which makes it.. 2x MORE FUN!)

[dancook]

Well that doesn't sound promising but thanks!

Maybe this is why it's worth doing

My Arcane Mages owne d@ 68/69 and 84 - but come 85 dying grew old quickly

[Oatboat]

Shadow is good damage if you arent being rushed. I prefered Discipline, being able to heal is crucial with priests as they are squishy.

They still did decent damage as disc. Just alot more survivability.

[zenga]

A while ago I had some attempts boxing 4x priests, and it was insanely good (and pretty hard to setup). This was the thread where you might find some more considerations; http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthrea...=shadow+priest

[Ualaa]

My 5x Priest composition had a much easier time leveling that any other caster composition.
The only set of five toons who leveled quicker were 5x Ferals.
Not that I've done every composition.
And I've only taken them to 70th (or somewhere barely beyond that point).

5x Shadow will have some decent potential, because of all the passive healing.
I'd personally go 5x Disc, or a combination of Holy/Disc.
Even if you're not as deadly or quick to kill others, five on one will take out any equal geared opponent.
And if you stick with the masses in AV/IoC, healing makes a far greater impact on the battlefield than does damage.
Chances are Shadow will do better in the smaller scale BG's and a healer spec in the larger scale (that is entirely supposition on my part, but makes sense).

Nothing precludes having dual-spec.

Also, consider playing them in the 70-74 bracket, 70 if you want to arena.
Or possibly in the 80-84 bracket, as an 84.
Stop experience at the target level.
Both are very large twink brackets, and at times Blizzard has stopped experience players in the same pool as regular players if there aren't enough players with experience turned off.

[zenga]

I disagree with ualaa that 5x disc would do better than having a shadow in the team. Disc Priests are no longer a healing class that is supposed to dps, as they once were. With the health pools, passive healing many classes have, you will find yourself short on damage if you go with 5 healers.

Now i wouldn't go with 5 shadow either, but e.g. 3 shadow + 2 disc could be a wonderful team, even 3 shadow 1 disc 1 holy

[dancook]

I just got two wrecking balls in wsg

[zenga]

lol yeah i noticed that when i lately did a wsg on my 14 hunter that priests were quite good at that lvl, are the shields still bigger than their hp pool?

but way to go ... it's a comp that is not played by many

[dancook]

My first shield matched my health pool exactly

I had renew x 5 on round robin approaching a pack of horde... what i might do now is renew x 5 on leader then renew x 1 on the slaves. To reduce casting time/mana

At this level -I found sw: pain was a waste of time, and so was disc - as soon as i went shadow and spammed mind flay - i was in love